.The quick upsurge of humble Pussy-cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been compensated, capped the 2024 Rising Star award as aspect of the AFL awards night.Dempsey questioned 52 ballots to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) as well as end up being just the 2nd Geelong player after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Rising Star award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually properly in front of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that rounded out the best five.Watch the most effective insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with professional evaluation and also every video game till the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your complimentary test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MIGHT BE ACQUIRING RATHER. Totally free and private support ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey questioned five ballots coming from nine of the 11 judges, with just Abbey Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney certainly not giving the Geelong ahead the greatest ballots. Mahoney offered Lohmann five votes and also Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is an additional Geelong draft discount after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He participated in simply seven video games and kicked pair of goals across his 1st 2 periods with the club. Yet he is actually come to be a mainstay of the Pet cats' absolute best 22 this time, kicking 21 objectives and also balancing 17.7 fingertips coming from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Felines. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency against Street Kilda.Dempsey had not been the very hot early-season favourite to win the award after West Coast's Harley Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy tough beginning to the year.But the duo came to be disqualified to win the Rising Celebrity after they were actually both hung down for cases in Round 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were after that catapulted right into favouritism, with Dempsey completing the period stronger.Geelong self-assured on Hawkins return|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two days just before the AFL Awards Evening, Geelong instructor Chris Scott mentioned Dempsey would be a deserving yet modest victor." He is going to recognize that there are actually a couple of truly well-performed gamers who are disqualified. But that should not transform the manner in which he really feels concerning the method he is actually set about his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I love that as a coach when you have players that alter the technique you deal with factors, also discreetly." Ollie's only one of one of the most positive, satisfied people you'll come across." AFL RISING STAR 2024 BALLOTS AS WELL AS LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Pet Cats)-- 52 votes2. George Wardlaw (North Melbourne)-- 43 votes3. Kai Lohmann (Brisbane Lions)-- 21 votes4. Darcy Wilson (Street Kilda)-- 15 votes5. Colby McKercher (North Melbourne)-- 12 ballots.